Bed construction



March 23 1926. 1,577,721

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V. L. HOLMES BED CONSTRUCTION Fild Jan. 17. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 BY WM M A TTORNE Y5 Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

VERNE LAWRENCE HOLMES, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BED CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed January 17, 1924. Serial No. 686,705.

To all whom it may 0012mm;

Be it known that I, Vnnuu lmwnnnon Honrrns, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Los Angeles, inthe county of lies Angelcs, State of California, have 1nvented a new and useful Improvement in a lied Construction, of which the following 1s a specification.

This invention relates to a bed and pertains particularly to a foldingbed of the sortable type. The present invention relates more particularly to a bed having a :arriage forming the head end of the bed and supporting a bed frame. which maybe swung into horizontal or sleeping position or into vertical or collapsed position. Beds of the character described commonly have the frame pivotally attached to the carriage. The users of such beds often push the bed, when in open position, about the room with the result sometimes of collapsing the head upon the. frame. This may be prevented by providing several well spaced polnts of supports for the carriage, thereby providing great stability. The provision of stationary supports so spaced detracts from the compactness of the bed when collapsed.

It is an object of this invention to pro vide an additional support for the carriage which is moved into position to stabilize the latter when the frame is open and withdrawn when the frame is collapsed. Another object of this invention is to provide details of structure, whereby the additional support is automatically moved into position by the opening and closing of the bed frame. 7

These objects together with other objects and corresponding accomplishments are obtained by means of the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

At Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a fragment of the bed, parts being broken out to better illustrate the invention; Fig. 2 is a section as seen on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section as seen on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 1 l of Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, the bed carriage is indicated by A. Pivotally mounted thereon is the bed frame B, and G indicates generally the stabilizing support.

The carriage has a base frame formed of side bars 5 and 5' connected by cross bars 6 and 7. Tile base is mounted upon casters 8 to provide easy means for moving the bed about. Mounted upon the base is the usual head 9. At the sides of the base are brackets 10 and 10 having bearings formed therein in which are journalled trunnio-us extending from the sides of the bed frame.

The bed frame consists of side bars 11 and 11 joined at the head end by a cross bar 12 which may form a counterweight for the bed frame. The usual bed spring is mount-- ed upon the frame. Fixed to the frame at the head end is an auxiliary head 13. Springs 14 and 14 act as'counterbalauces for the frame.

Connected to cross bars 6 and 7 is a bar posedupon the end of the leg 17 is a caster 21 forming a foot.

When the bed is opened, that is, the frame B ism horizontal position, the leg 17 of the stabilizer will be in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Thespring 18'will maintain the stabilizer le in this position. It is obvious that an additlonal point of support well spaced from the bottom of the carnage is provided. This log woulddetract from the compactness of the bed when folded, unless retracted. Retraction is accomplished automatically, because upon raising the bed frame to vertical position, bar 7 12 engages theroller 20 and will swing the leg 17 against the action of spring 18 into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3.

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. In a folding bed having a carriage and a bed frame pivotally secured thereto, a horizontal stabilizing leg pivoted intermediate its ends on said carriage, said leg having a supporting foot at one end and an offset abutment at the other end, said abutment being disposed to be engaged by said bed frame on raising the latter and to retract said leg, and means tending. to project said leg into supporting position.

2. In a folding bed having a carriage and a bed frame pivotally secured thereto, a horizontal stabilizing leg pivoted intermediate its ends on said carriage, said leg havtending to project said leg into supporting ing an offset upstanding roller at one end position.

and a supporting foot at the other end, In Witness that I claim the foregoing I 10 said roller being disposed to be engaged by a have hereunto subscribed my name this 11th cross bar at the'head of said frame onraisday of January, 1924..

ing the latter so as to retract said leg upon ralsing of said frame, and spring means; VERNE LAWVRENCE HOLMES. 

